He was united in marriage to Irene C. Reynolds, October 19, 1917, who with two brothers, C. L., Freewater, OR; Bryan W., Cheyenne, WY; and one sister, Mrs J. J.(Chloie) Smith, Salem, OR survive. His parents five brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Because of his military experience and character he was commissioned a United States Marshal during the Railroad Strike of 1922. After this, he became a machinist for the Burlington Railroad at Creston, Iowa for 16 years, then machinist 1st class at Rock Island Arsenal, also for 16 year until a heart and lung condition forced his disability retirement in 1954. For the past eight years, he was an invalid cared for in his home.
April 1924, he was received into the Catholic Church, receiving the last rites at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, MO. Rosary services were conducted by Father Jerry Eschbacher, Billings, MO, April 1, 1973 with Funeral Mass at Leon, Iowa April 3, Monsignor Paul Connelly, celebrant. Burial was in the Leon Cemetery.
He was united in marriage to Irene C. Reynolds, October 19, 1917, who with two brothers, C. L., Freewater, OR; Bryan W., Cheyenne, WY; and one sister, Mrs J. J.(Chloie) Smith, Salem, OR survive. His parents five brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Because of his military experience and character he was commissioned a United States Marshal during the Railroad Strike of 1922. After this, he became a machinist for the Burlington Railroad at Creston, Iowa for 16 years, then machinist 1st class at Rock Island Arsenal, also for 16 year until a heart and lung condition forced his disability retirement in 1954. For the past eight years, he was an invalid cared for in his home.
April 1924, he was received into the Catholic Church, receiving the last rites at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, MO. Rosary services were conducted by Father Jerry Eschbacher, Billings, MO, April 1, 1973 with Funeral Mass at Leon, Iowa April 3, Monsignor Paul Connelly, celebrant. Burial was in the Leon Cemetery.
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